Game



Nuv. 3 1925. 1,560,026

- V. C. DICKSON I GAME Filed Nov. 1-7. 1924 wrrusss: n-rokuzv Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VINCENT G. DICKSON, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

GAME.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VINCENT O. DICKSON,

a citizen of Great Britain, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of 6 lVashington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to games and its primary object is to provide a game which will afford amusement and at the same time will require skill in playing the same.

The invention contemplates a panel or handle equipped with numbered openings together with a series of balls adapted to be bounced on the ground and then caught in the openings on the panel and the numbers which have the numbers of the openings which have caught the balls totaled,

This provides an amusement device which can be played by several players, one having the greatest number of points winning the game.

lVith the preceding and other objects and advantages in mind, the invention consists in the novel combination of elements, construction and arrangement of parts and operation; to be hereinafter specifically referred to, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective of the panel being held by a person and in the act of playing the game.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the panel.

taken on line 33 of Figure 2.

Fig. 4 illustrates the balls used in playing the above game.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a panel or bat 10 provided with a Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view handle 11 at one end thereof which is to be held in the left hand of the contestant While the latter bounces the balls 12 upon the ground to be caught in openings 14 in the panel.

These openings i l are arranged in V- shaped formation and are numbered as shown.

In playing the game, the balls are bounced upon the ground in succession and an operator catches the same in the openings, and aims of course to have the balls drop into the openings having the largest number. After one player has completed a series of five bounces, a second or any other players has a series of five bounces after which all of the scores are counted to determine the person having the greatest total.

Preferably the balls are pneumatic and are of various colors.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, I desire to have it understood that such changes may be made in the construction. and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

What is claimed is A game comprising a panel having a handle formed at one end, the panel being provided with a series of openings, and such 70 openings being arranged in V-shaped formation, and a plurality of numbered balls adapted to be bounced upon the ground to be caught in any one of the pockets, and the pockets being provided with numbers.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

VINCENT O. DIGKSON. 

